Chris: Thanks...
I don't guess there was much more point to my question than satisfying curiosity. I tried an upload with a Classic FTP app and a download with a Classic browser... neither seemed to spike the CPU. But in the end it hardly matters. I have most of my regular correspondents 'trained' not to send large mail attachments, and have trained myself to post anything 'bulky' to my own web space for others to view, rather than sending them via email. Curiosity still has a tendency to kill this cat. Peter B. ----- >> I'm running OS X 10.4.11, and Emailer works entirely happily in >> Classic, >> with one exception: attachment uploads and downloads completely max >> the >> CPU. >> >> I'm on a dialup connection and the above becomes noticeable if I try >> to >> upload or download anything over (maybe) a single MB... after that, my >> laptop's fans start in and Activity Monitor 'advises' that TruBlue >> Environment is taking all available CPU cycles. > > >I'd guess it is something with buffering the data between classic and >OS X's network layers. > >If you said it happened just with uploads I might think you were >running Baton Mail with Emailer, but since it happens with downloads >too, that rules that out. > >Can you download other large items with a classic app? Maybe download >an OS 9 web browser and try pulling down some several MB file. > >-chris ><www.mythtech.net> ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[email protected]> or <[email protected]>
